Community Profile

For the time being, I am accepting new membership requests. Thank you for being patient. :)
-Julie, March 23, 2008.

For any questions or comments that are not related to requests for membership, please email the maintainers of this community at livejournal.witness.teens(at)gmail.com.

About the Community

This is a moderated community for Jehovah’s Witnesses on LiveJournal. Your moderators/maintainers are Julie: rubyzib & David: long_coat, but membership requests must always go through me (Julie). Please read the following before making a request for membership.


Membership

1. Although you are not required to be baptized or a publisher, I can and do make some exceptions for those who are studying and have a history of association with Jehovah's Witnesses. I used to let non-Witnesses who were merely curious into the community years ago, but this became a problem so I will no longer allow it. Please note that there are absolutely no exceptions to this rule. If you are working on a project and would like to get our input, feel free to email me at ruby.zib(at)gmail.com with "JW Community" as the subject and I will see if we can help.
2. You don’t have to be a teenager to join, although the original purpose of the community was to encourage young Jehovah’s Witnesses. This is a community for all Jehovah’s Witnesses who would like to join, regardless of age or other such restrictions. Most of us are not in our teens anymore. :)
3. Membership Here’s the process. First you must email me at ruby.zib(at)gmail.com with "JW" as the subject. If I don't see JW as the subject I will assume that it is spam and will probably delete the email without reading it. I will send you a questionnaire for you to answer with things such as your age and involvement with Jehovah’s Witnesses, and we will go from there. Your username, the name you indicate on the questionnaire, age, and general location will be used to add you to the official members list.
4. If you are publicly reproved, disfellowshipped, or disassociated, you must let me know as soon as possible. Please don’t let me have to find out through someone else. Not letting me know can affect you being able to rejoin if I find I have to remove you.
5. I will never remove anyone from the community simply because they are not active in it, since I know some may be too shy to say anything but can still benefit from watching it. However, accounts that have been inactive for more than 6 months or have been deleted will be removed. If you want to know why you were removed, you can email me. If you would like to be added again, you will most likely have to go through the new-member process again.


Posting and Comments

1. If you're here, you know how to behave. When in doubt, please remember the fruit of the spirit (Galatians 5:22, 23).
2. You may post anything you wish so long as it is morally appropriate. If you want to post a survey please make sure that there are not questions on it that would make any member feel uncomfortable. Poetry is not only fine but encouraged, especially if it pertains to the Truth. Feel free to show off art or pictures or anything that puts a smile on your face...Jehovah is a happy God, so why not share what makes us happy with others?
3. Please don’t spam or otherwise advertise on our community for other communities. If you want to invite others to join your community, please do that on your own. Thanks.
4. This is a moderated community, so you probably won't see your post on the community right away until the moderators check their email. We're online often so it shouldn't take more than a day for your entry to be posted, but if it does, please wait 24 hours from the time of posting before contacting us.


General Notices

1. This is an interlingual community. By that I mean that you may post in any language(s) you wish. Whether or not you want to translate is totally up to you, but a translation would be very much appreciated.
2. There will be periodic journal checks. The purpose of these is not to poke into your business and certainly not to judge you, but just to make sure that members are in good standing and to offer encouragement when needed. If you’ve got nothing to worry about, you’ve got nothing to worry about. During the check you will be asked to give temporary friendship to all maintainers so that we can do the check. Once we are done you can un-friend us.
3. This community and its moderators are not responsible for the community friends’ page. Any posting you see on there is totally out of our hands, and I ask that you not judge the community by the posts you see there. Remember, Jehovah’s Witnesses are people too, and everyone has their bad days.
4. If you would like interests added in any language, by all means feel free to request that this be done by emailing the maintainers at livejournal.witness.teens(at)gmail.com.


Last updated: August 26,2009 11:04 PST by rubyzib.